Thursday, December 6, 2012

HAITIANS LIVING IN FEAR AFTER THE BIG SHOCK IN 2010

In the article Haitians living in fear 'under the tent' by Allie Torgan, CNN, after the earthquake happen in Haiti in 2010 a lot of people and families were left with no homes and still homeless, and killed 220,000 people. And reports of rates and sexual violence have been all too common after the earthquake also.
The article includes quotes from a woman from Haiti named Dina, "On the evening of January 20, several young men were firing gunshots in the air. They came into our shelter and grabbed my 19-year-old niece, “They just came in, grabbed her and dragged her away. She was raped by several men. They took her at around 9 p.m. and let her go at around 2 a.m." she said. And there also was another report that a woman, named Guerline said that she and her 13-year-old daughter were attacked on the same night in March. This shows that this has been a big problem in Haiti after the earthquake happened in 2010.
I think that this is a big problem that someone should look at because it's not safe for families at night for them and their children to lay their heads down a night because anything can happen to them.
This article makes me think deeply about the topic and that people should pay more attention to what happening in other countries, and not just what’s going on in the United States, because we have bigger problems then what they are focused on now, and this problems need to put a stop to it, and now and i think that we can help by helping them with new homes with security. 
 


1 comment:

  1. I think you are right about Haiti and about how we don't pay enough attention to the rest of the world. Haiti has been in crisis for a very long time, in part due to the policies of our government. 95

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